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[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 86 points 1 month ago

I love how it seems to have the vibe "goddamn it they found me". Real cat behavior.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 68 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tilcayo sounds ok, but i prefer the scientific name miaomiao pstpstpst

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

I believed it for a moment or two!

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I know I shouldn't but I want one.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know - it's like looking at new games on a Steam Sale, when you already have a library of underplayed and unplayed games.

I've already got cats who would love to hang out with me a bit more, and the local animal shelters have many unhomed cats already in them.

But I want the special new cat.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

As part of avoiding US companies, friendship with Steam is over. Now GOG is my best friend.

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 20 points 1 month ago

Try bribing one with a can of tuna.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] oce@jlai.lu 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

a local wildlife sanctuary that had just been given what they described as “a weird cat.” It came from a local man who found it as a kitten on a road near a forest. The man took the animal home, believing it to be a domestic breed. But after about a year of living with the clearly wild animal, he realized it would be better off at a sanctuary.

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If he could manage a full year then this will probably be fine as a house cat so long as you raise it from a kit.

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

In their paper, the researchers propose the cat should be known as Leopardus tilcayo, in honor of the word local people know it by. "We asked the local people, ‘Why do you call it tilcayo?’” says Nogales-Ascarrunz, who is herself from Bolivia. “And they said, ‘I don’t know! My grandpa called it tilcayo, so I call it tilcayo.” (The name does not appear to mean anything particular in Spanish or the Quechua language spoken in Bolivia.)

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] FluorineBalloon@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

I've never once seen one post any oc, nor even any reposts!

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Same energy as “shark-infested waters”, you mean where they live???

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago
[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

hm... looks like we need to start saving the rainforest now

we need to do it right meow

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We got lucky with Felis sylvestris; all other small wildcats have been far too paranoid and aggressive to be domesticable.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They domesticated themselves. Saw an opening and took it. We got lucky they chose us.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

"These weird apes are just leaving mice around? And they're letting me eat them?? Suckers!" and now it's too late, I get to kiss their little heads!

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

There was this meme of some Russian dude who kept a caracal as a pet. I've also seen people have servals as pets. I think they'll likely just be as unpredictable as house cats but the damage they can do is much bigger.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 10 points 1 month ago

New earth update just dropped!

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Such a vicious look.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

can't have one at home

Not with that attitude! Just watch me!

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Mikrochip@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well guess what is the new wallpaper of my phone's lock screen :3(Technically not this one; I chose the unedited version uploaded 12 minutes earlier)

Edit: nvm, the original version ended up being a bit too dark, so I replaced it with the newer one.

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't worry, the wiki editors removed it already

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 weeks ago

Oh, I guess that image was actually a Margay - it appears on that page now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margay

[–] Eggyhead@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Impressive bitmapping on that feline.